---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001037868-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AME"
cik: "0001037868"
company_name: "AMETEK INC/"
filed_at: "2025-02-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T03:16:45.886067+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMETEK posts record Q4 sales $1.76B, adj. EPS $1.87 up 11%; acquires Kern Microtechnik

## Summary
- Record Q4 sales $1.76B (+2% YoY), op. income $469M (26.6% margin, +90bp), op. cash flow $550M.
- GAAP Q4 EPS $1.67; adjusted EPS $1.87 (+11% YoY); full-year adj. EPS $6.83 (+7%).
- EIG op. income record $386.6M, margins 31.8% (+280bp); EMG sales up 11% to $546.7M.
- FY2025 guidance: sales up low single digits; adj. EPS $7.02-$7.18 (+3-5% YoY); Q1 adj. EPS $1.67-$1.69.
- Acquired Kern Microtechnik (~€50M sales), high-precision machining, joins EIG; terms not disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001037868-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AME
- cik: 0001037868
- company_name: AMETEK INC/
- filed_at: 2025-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786825000004/0001037868-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786825000004/ame-20250204.htm

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